NEW YORK (AP) — Pianist-songwriter Mose Allison, alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson and Latin jazz bandleader Eddie Palmieri have been chosen to receive the nation’s highest jazz honor.

The National Endowment for the Arts announced Wednesday their selection as its 2013 Jazz Masters.

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